Bishop Perry Tillis

about

Perry Tillis was born July 29, 1919, in Elba , Alabama , and began playing his brand of rambling blues at a very early age. He continued playing the blues and singing gospel, despite going blind, up until his death on November 3, 2004. In the '40s Tillis played the Chicago blues circuit alongside all-time greats likes Muddy Waters and Furry Lewis. However, when a revelation convinced him it was the devil's music, he moved back home and began preaching the gospel. In 1972 Swedish music archivist Begnt Olsson tracked down Tillis at his church in Samson , Alabama, and recorded these tracks over three sessions. He was frail and old when Olsson found him, but he played the guitar, both electric and acoustic, with a mosquito-like fragility that is truly transcendent. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Too Close

In Times Like These

Wolf's At The Door: Lost Recordings From The Spirits Of The South

Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Other-Worldly African-American Gospel [1944-2007]

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Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007

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Yeti Eight

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Fire In My Bones: Raw Rare + Otherwordly African-American Gospel (1944-2007)

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Yeti 8

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Old Country Blues Vol. 1

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In Times Like These...

Life Is A Problem

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Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Other-Worldly African-American Gospel [1944-2007] All God Power Store

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